Asserting that the constitutional guarantee of a free press prompted such an exemption during World War II and the Korean war, they said that a “compelling claim to special treatment” still existed.

The appeal was made by O. R. Strackbein, legislative representative of the International Allied Printing Trades Associations made up of the International Typographical Union, the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union, the International Brotherhood of Bookbinders, the International Stereotypers and Electrotypers Union and the Lithographers and Photoengravers International Union.

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A version of this archives appears in print on November 6, 1971, on Page 34 of the New York edition with the headline: 5 Unions Urge Publishers Be Exempted From Controls. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe